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Want to know which North American carriers might offer the LG G2 after August 7th? The FCC is offering a big hint: it just approved a region-appropriate version of the Android flagship. Going under its D801 codename, the G2 variant cleared by the agency supports all the LTE and HSPA frequencies used by AT&T, T-Mobile and large Canadian networks. As such, it’s likely that the smartphone will get a multi-carrier launch next month. The real question is whether or not any CDMA providers (which aren’t included in the filing) will come along for the ride.

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Source: FCC

Check out this affordable 3G Android tablet from Chinavasion, the Infinity. Priced at just $169.99, the tablet is packed with a 9.0-inch 800 x 480 capacitive multi-touch display, a 1GHz MT6577 dual-core processor, a 512MB RAM, a 4GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), a SIM card slot (1x GSM 2G or WCDMA 3G), dual cameras (0.3MP front & 2MP rear), Adobe Flash support, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, a 3500mAh battery and runs on Android 4.0 ICS OS. [Product Page]

The Syrian Electronic Army has claimed ownership of a hack against Tango, saying they swiped 1.5 terabytes worth of user data. Tango has since confirmed that a breach of its system did take place, saying that the hackers accessed “some data.” They did not, however, confirm whether it was the SEA, nor did they provide details on the extent of the security breach.

TangoMe Inc., the company behind Tango, confirmed the breach on its Twitter account, saying that it “experienced a cyber intrusion that resulted in unauthorized access to some data.” The company went on to state that it is in the process of improving its security system. This came after the Syrian Electronic Army posted screenshots as proof of their hacking endeavors.

According to the hacker collective, the information they stole amounted to 1.5 terabytes, and included things like the phone numbers of users, contact information, and emails. It then went on to say that the information it gathered will be given to the Syrian government – “much of ” it, anyway. According to the BBC, some experts have stated that outdated software on Tango’s part may have been the reason it was targeted.

Following the Tango breach, the Syrian Electronic Army then turned its attention to The Daily Dot, which hosted a story on the hack alongside a cartoon of the Syrian president. The hacking group fired off a tweet, demanding the image be removed. When The Daily Dot failed to do this, the SEA then breached its admin panel and deleted the article from its system.

The is the latest of a long list of breaches the SEA has pulled off, many of which involves low-level hacking to gain access to Twitter accounts, where mostly nonsense tweets are posted. The Guardian, The Onion, Financial Times, E! Online, CBS, and more have all been targeted by the group, which you can find out more about in our timeline below.

SOURCE: BBC News

Syrian Electronic Army hacked Tango, swiped user data is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Richard saw Pacific Rim again — shocker — and this episode he gets Ben to contemplate a very rare visit to his local cinema to see it, period. As usual, we’ll go over HD tech that’s way over our budgets and wonder how others still don’t live up to their potential. Still undeterred? This week’s installment is ready for your ears below.

Hosts: Ben Drawbaugh (@bjdraw), Richard Lawler (@rjcc)

Producer: Joe Pollicino (@akaTRENT)

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A pen-shaped video camera that is able to shoot 1080p full HD video is now out from Thanko.

Videos or photos you take are saved on a micro SD card inside of the pen-shaped video camera, and by connecting a big-screen LCD TV and miniHDMI terminal located in the upper part of the video camera with a HDMI cable (sold separately), you can watch the videos and photos easily.

The pen-shaped video camera also has a USB terminal built-in so that you can connect it to your PC directly and then you can charge its battery or use it as a card reader.

The pen clip part is used for the lens’s protection cover.

For your information, you can actually use it as a pen.

Price: ¥7,980
Size: W15xD15xH144mm
Weight: 36g
Power source: USB terminal
Interface: USB2.0
micro SD card: Max.32GB
Charging time: 4 hours
Battery life: 50 minutes
Moving image resolution: 1920×1080p
Still image resolution: 2592×1944p